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Mid-Day.com, Thursday March 18, 2010, New Delhi

If the state government has its way, the three-wheeled creatures will soon walk into the sunset. Chief minister Sheila Dikshit told the state assembly that their "service is very poor."

"It is not acceptable. We are exploring ways to phase them out," she said.

"Government was in touch with auto-makers Honda and Bajaj to provide battery-operated, eco-friendly vehicles so that the existing CNG autos could be replaced," the chief minister said.

However, the auto drivers are not obviously amused. They said they would bring the city to a standstill, if the government goes ahead with the proposal.

NEW DELHI: Despite all its problems, Delhi offers the best quality of life to its residents among all cities in the country, according to a 'Liveability Index' released by CII. In the index, based on surveys, Delhi outscores metros like Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore and Kolkata; NCR towns Gurgaon, Noida and Faridabad; and even planned cities like Chandigarh.

Delhi ranks first on parameters like population density, safety, transport, education, job opportunities and accidents. The only redline in the capital's card is healthcare, where the city is ranked 17th. Kozhikode, Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi and Kolkata score high on this front.

India's Karun Chandhok has won a drive at the new Hispania Racing F1 team, as exclusively predicted by BBC Sport.
The 26-year-old position as team-mate to fellow novice Bruno Senna was officially announced as Hispania unveiled their new car on Thursday.
Hispania is the new name for the former Campos team, whose position on the grid has been confirmed after a winter of battling to secure their future.
Team boss Colin Kolles said: "We have a platform for a strong 2010."
Chandhok has won two races in the last three years in the GP2 feeder series, in which he was Senna's team-mate in the iSport team in 2008 when the Brazilian was runner-up in the championship.